Through student-involved activities, seminars and guest speakers the Student Support Center gave students a chance to learn and experience the negative effects of abusing sex, alcohol and drugs during Natural High Week 2005. "What we try to do is give students information in a fun way," said Holley Goodnight, coordinator of new student programs.
Anxiety stretched beyond the reaches of Hurricane Katrina to the hearts of students and faculty at Missouri Southern as the storm reached the southern shores of the United States. Dave Slatton, junior mass communications major, had family members in Gulf Port, Miss.
In three years, some of the associate degrees will be phased out. "The reason that this conversation has developed goes back to the state statute," said Dr. Richard McCallum, vice president for academic affairs. He said the law changing Missouri Southern State College to a university has a clause in Senate Bill 0055, which read, "The section further asserts that Missouri Southern State University-Joplin shall discontinue, as of July 1, 2008, any and all associate degree programs unless the continuation of such associate degree programs is approved by the Coordinating Board.
Perseverance and sacrifice were among the themes emphasized on the afternoon of Sept. 9. In honor of the four-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Missouri Southern had a "Flag of Freedom" ceremony in front of the Billingsly Student Center.
Student Senate began its year with and free food for the freshman and sophomore filled room Wednesday night at Billingsly. Senate President Eric Norris began the meeting by telling the group how happy he was to see the "good turnout" for the Senate's picnic, its first unofficial meeting of the year.
With the growing number and popularity of criminal investigation shows on television, there's an increasing interest in forensics. With that in mind, there is a forensics class that coincides with computer skills. For about two years, Missouri Southern has offered some classes in computer forensics.